The Inquirer, a tech publication, wrote "Voice Over IP (VoIP) and chat service Skype has crashed throughout the world and continues to crash on login, leading many to suspect that its recent acquisition by Microsoft is a definite disaster."

While it's probably a bit early to say whether the acquisition will be a success or failure, let's take a look at the fix Skype offered to users.

Initially, Skype offered a 12-step fix to Windows users and a four-step fix to Mac and Linux users. But the fix was updated to be a bit simpler.